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Fair enough:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War
(Check the surveys in the article for details, ranges from low 100.000 to highs of a million+)
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/WarDeathToll
(This one is a bit lower at 200-250.000 for Iraq and Afghanistan)
Bear in mind that I’m not in any way justifying Russia’s attitude, my reference to these number was more to illustrate the fact that we’re holding Ukraine to higher standards than anyone else, even if agree with those standards. And Ukraine is delivering, which is impressive.
Maybe, but you have to admit that battery live used to be longer (specially pre-smartphones), if your phone could comfortably last a couple of days there was less need to have portable power.
I fondly remember the convenience of having a flat, replaceable battery in my pocket even in the early Android days, and I’ve missed it ever since it went away.